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Quark Expeditions is featuring 16 voyages on three vessels to Antarctica where all cabin categories — with the exception of those cabins with triple occupancy and dedicated single occupancy on one particular vessel — are on sale at a 50 percent discount through this fall promotion now through Friday, September 23, 2016 at 12:00 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time.

Use the following promotion codes from the following countries or regions…

The 1,000,000 Mile Sweepstakes could be an opportunity for your chance to win 250,000 MileagePlus miles — plus a cruise for two people to the destination of your choice and enjoy the vacation of a lifetime from United Cruises and MileagePlus Cruise Awards — as the duration of the sweepstakes will last through Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:59:59 in the evening Eastern Standard Time.

Effective as of Friday, July 1, 2016, for sailings as of Friday, July 15, 2016 and beyond, the bringing of any beverages — including liquor, beer and non-alcoholic drinks such as water, soda and juices — by guests of cruises operated by Norwegian Cruise Line aboard vessels either as carry-on or checked luggage is prohibited.

Yet another best in travel awards has debuted this year which is purported to be based on value — “great choices at great value” which is supposedly considered more universal and useful — and this time, it is by Money…

…and the results are in regarding its first Best in Travel Awards — and they are purported to be both timely and handy. “A vacation should feel like a reward, but that doesn’t mean it should break the bank. The trouble is that most travel guides either ignore the expense factor or obsess over it, turning the bargain hunt into the main adventure.” This “ultimate vacation value guide” is “packed with the kind of intel that makes saving money as easy as a walk on the beach.”

Hillary Clinton is hoping to become the next president of the United States; and despite criticizing airlines for high airfares back in October of 2015, she has already received $145,246.00 from the airlines to date in 2016 — placing her as the top recipient of funds from airlines as released by the Federal Election Commission of the United States as of Monday, February 22, 2016, according to…

“However, on our return to Argentina, we had the additional excitement of the cruise ship striking an iceberg. The iceberg tore a 9 meter opening in the ship’s hull. Fortunately, the opening was above the water line, so we weren’t in any immediate danger. (Managed to avoid the Titanic experience!). The crew worked all day to repair the damage and that night we were able to resume our return trip to Argentina. Thankfully the crew had the knowledge and all of the needed materials to repair the ship. We were able to return safely to port.”

You have a chance to win a cruise for two in the form of a voucher worth $3,000.00 — plus 500,000 American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flier loyalty program miles — in the Win a Sweepstakes at Sea promotion…

If you are a member of a loyalty program of other travel brands — such as lodging companies, tour companies or other cruising companies — one cruise line offers a loyalty status match program which you might want to consider if a cruise is in your future.

Join the MSC Voyagers Club loyalty program by MSC Cruises and receive the matching elite level status card, which will guarantee you a discount of five percent on any booking in addition to similar or higher benefit elite level status.

There are three easy steps to requesting and receiving your elite level status match…

You can save up to 25 percent off of select voyages to Antarctica when you travel between Tuesday, November 1, 2016 and Wednesday, March 15, 2017; but you must book your voyage with Quark Expeditions between now and Wednesday, September 30, 2015 to take advantage of that discount — which can save you as much as $7,948.00 per person.

The discount of 25 percent applies to bookings for premium cabins; while the discount for non-premium cabins is 15 percent — and only a limited number of cabins are available, as shown below…

At least eight people died from an incident which occurred aboard the Norman Atlantic ferry — which was carrying 478 people from Patras in Greece to Ancona in Italy — when a fire reportedly ignited on the car deck of the ferry for reasons still yet to be known as it was passing off the coast of Vlore in Albania.